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LS-PREPOST METAL FORMING APPLICATION TUTORIAL MANUAL

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LIVERMORE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

LS-PrePost®

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Tutorial Manual – Trimming and Springback

Version 1.0

April 2009

Copyright © 2009

LIVERMORE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

All Rights Reserved


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DISCLAIMER

THE INFORMATION IN THIS TUTORIAL ARE FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSE ONLY AND ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE EXHAUSTIVE OR ALL-INCLUSIVE, THE LS-DYNA KEYWORD FILES PRODUCED BY LS-PREPOST MAY NOT BE EXHAUSTIVE OR APPLICABLE FOR ALL ENGINEERING PROBLEMS, LSTC ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY INACCURACY OR DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES RESULTED FROM THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION AND SOFTWARE.


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Table of Contents

Tutorial #T1 – Trimming of a decklid inner drawn panel .......................................................................... 4

Tutorial #S1 – Springback of a decklid inner trimmed panel ................................................................... 16


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Tutorial #T1 – Trimming of a decklid inner drawn panel

Interface Used: Applications > Metal Forming Files required: drawn.dynain.k (drawn part results) mat_decklid.k (blank material properties) trim.iges

Step 1 Note: LS-PrePost 2.4 dated April 14th, 2009 and later must be used for this tutorial. This tutorial focuses on the set-up process of drawn panel trimming simulation using the Metal Forming interface. 1. Load drawn part results and open Metal Forming Interface launch LS-PrePost File → Open → LS-Dyna Keyword open “drawn.dynain.k” File → Open → IGES File open ‘trim.iges’ Shown in Figure 1 are drawn panel shape superimposed with trim curves, and drawn panel outline superimposed with trim curves. Application → Metal Forming (or hit F11)


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Figure 1


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Step 2 2. Define Blank (refer to Figures 2 and 3) click Blank in the side panel in Figure 2 (launches Blank Assignment Dialog in Figure 3) select “5 Shell” from the right hand list

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select Element Formulation: 2:Belytschko-Tsay

(Note: To limit the file size in this tutorial, “2:Belytschko-Tsay” is selected here; however, choose

16:Fully Integrated Shell for draw and trimming simulation that also require a subsequent springback

simulation)

enter Number of Integration: 5

(Note: To limit the file size in this tutorial, NIP of “5” is selected here; however, choose at least “7” NIP

for draw and trimming simulation that also require a subsequent springback simulation)

enter Thickness: 0.9; must hit a carriage return.

click MD (launches Material Database Dialog shown in Figure 4)

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Step 3 3. Load material property for the blank (refer to Figure 4)

click to go to current working directory (Figure 4) click “mat_decklid.k” click Preview click OK click Done (Figure 5)

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Step 4 4. Define Process (refer to Figures 5 through 7) click Process in the side panel in Figure 5 (launches Metal Forming Process Dialog box as shown in Figure 6) select Process Type: Trimming (Figure 6)

activate Trimline type: 3D

activate: pick seed node

pick a node which will not be trimmed away

click: Create

click: All

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click Control Tab (Figure 7)

click (launches Dyna Input Decks Trimming Dialog in Figure 8)

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Figure 7

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Step 5

5. Define Output Options (Figures 8 and 9)

click (Figure 8)

set Blank File name: blank.k (Figure 9); hit a carriage return.

Set Dyna Input File name: sim.dyn; hit a carriage return.

click

Figure 8

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Figure 9

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Step 6

6. Output LS-Dyna input decks (Figures 10) In Dyna Input Decks (Trimming) Dialog click Browse to specify a file folder for output files

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Figure 10

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Step 7

7. Run LS-DYNA and processing results Run LS-DYNA - C:\LSDYNA\program\ls971_s_R4.2_winx64_p.exe i=trim.dyn ncpu=2 memory=200M The simulation takes about 28 seconds on a Xeon CPU 5150 @ 2.66GHz. The actual memory used was around 20 MW (million words), about 80 MB (megabytes). Launch LS-PrePost File → Open → LS-Dyna Binary Plot Open “d3plot”

click to move to the last state (Figure 10)

Shown in Figure 11 is the trimmed panel shape.

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Figure 11

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Tutorial #S1 – Springback of a decklid inner trimmed panel

Interface Used: Applications > Metal Forming Files required: trimmed.dynain.k (trimmed part results) mat_decklid.k (blank material properties)

Step 1 Note: LS-PrePost 2.4 dated April 14th, 2009 and later must be used for this tutorial. This tutorial focuses on the set-up process of springback simulation using the Metal Forming interface. 1. Load trimmed part results and open Metal Forming Interface launch LS-PrePost File → Open → LS-Dyna Keyword open “trimmed.dynain.k” Shown in Figure 1 is the trimmed panel shape. Application → Metal Forming (or hit F11)

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Step 2 2. Define Blank (refer to Figures 2 and 3) click Blank in the side panel in Figure 2 (launches Blank Assignment Dialog in Figure 3) select “5 Shell” from the right hand list

click

select Element Formulation: 2:Belytschko-Tsay

(Note: To limit the file size in this tutorial, “2:Belytschko-Tsay” is selected here; however, always

choose 16:Fully Integrated Shell for springback simulation as well as the preceding draw and trimming

simulation)

enter Number of Integration: 5

(Note: To limit the file size in this tutorial, NIP of “5” is selected here; however, always choose at least

“7” NIP for springback simulation as well as the preceding draw and trimming simulation)

enter Thickness: 0.9; must hit a carriage return.

click MD (launches Material Database Dialog shown in Figure 4)

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Figure 3

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Step 3 3. Load material property for the blank (refer to Figure 4)

click to go to current working directory (Figure 4) click “mat_decklid.k” click Preview click OK click Done (Figure 5)

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Step 4 4. Define Process (refer to Figures 5 through 9) click Process in the side panel in Figure 5 (launches Metal Forming Process Dialog box as shown in

Figure 7)

click to position the trimmed panel in top view (Figure 5)

select Process Type: Springback (Figure 7)

click Definition tab

activate

click click left mouse button to pick three nodes in the sequence shown (Figure 8) (Note: Three constrained nodes should form a right triangle, with 2nd node along the x-axis) click right mouse button to return to Metal Forming Process Dialog box highlight three nodes in the box to show nodal locations on the panel in the main graphics window click Control Tab

click (Figure 9)

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click (launches Dyna Input Decks Springback Dialog in Figure 10)


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Figure 9

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Step 5

5. Define Output Options (Figures 10 and 11)

click (Figure 10)

set Blank File name: blank.k (Figure 11); hit a carriage return.

Set Dyna Input File name: spbk.dyn; hit a carriage return.

click

Figure 10

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Figure 11

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Step 6

6. Output LS-Dyna input decks (Figures 12) In Dyna Input Decks (SpringBack) Dialog click Browse to specify a file folder for output files

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Figure 12

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Step 7

7. Run LS-DYNA and processing results Run LS-DYNA - C:\LSDYNA\program\ls971_d_R4.2_winx64_p.exe i=spbk.dyn ncpu=2 memory=160M The simulation takes about 11 minutes on a Xeon CPU 5150 @ 2.66GHz. The actual memory used was around 83 MW (million words), about 640 MB (megabytes). Launch LS-PrePost File → Open → LS-Dyna Binary Plot Open “d3plot”

click to move to the last state (Figure 13)

Shown in Figure 14 is the sprungback panel shape.

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1) Springback displacement contour plot click , Figure 15

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highlight: Z-displacement

shown in Figure 16 is the springback contour in Z-direction

highlight: resultant displacement

shown in Figure 17 is the resultant springback contour


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Figure 15

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Figure 16

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